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Unread 07-31-2004, 03:11 AM   #8
Kobuchi
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Originally Posted by Myth
The flow director i was thinking of would be one preventing the water from taking the easy path from the pins to the outlet, forcing it to go right og left.
But you want it to go down, not right or left! So a flow director must be three dimensional. That's where the additional tooling comes in. I imagined channels wider at the bottoms (flow then favours the slightly less restrictive route along the bottom), or, fins with passages cut through at their bases. That'll keep a thin base stable. Or concentric rings, maybe, like a Stonehenge with all the tops connected? Do you have access to a lathe?

Anyway, I love the overall concept of your block, and don't like making suggestions that would complicate it (what I'm doing). Just starting with a thinner base-plate could best solve the problem.
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